Invent Health Launches to Support the Makers Transforming Healthcare

Last week, Susannah Fox, the CTO at the US Department of Health and Human Services, launched a new initiative called ‘Invent Health’ at the StartUp Health Festival during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. Learn more about the initiative and the many programs HHS is focused on to support health innovation on this week’s StartUp Health NOW.

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Moonshot Momentum and the Mission to End Cancer

This week Vice President Biden delivered the keynote address in Davos during the World Economic Forum and discussed one of the most important missions of our time -- curing cancer -- and challenged experts to share data. StartUp Health is honored to support this moonshot (our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Howard Krein is an advisor to the White House on this initiative and currently in Davos as well), and we are working to organize an army of entrepreneurs who can help. If you’re a startup focusing on solutions that can help end cancer as we know it, we’d like to meet you; tell us about what you are working on now.

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Upcoming Health Events

HIMSS 2016
February 29 - March 4
Las Vegas, NV

SXSW 2016
March 11-15
Austin, TX

More Disruption Please Innovation Challenge
Submissions Due: April 1

Health 2.0 Europe 2016
May 10-12
Barcelona, Spain

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StartUp Health Companies in the News

Here’s a Look at StartUp Health’s Latest Additions From Treating Chronic Pain to Teledermatology
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Magellan Health Adopts Hindsait AI Tech to Approve, Reject Diagnostic Tests
MedCity News

StartUp Health Festival: Interview With Joint Academy
Health:Further

Sense Health & Valera Health Will Help 2016 Be the Year We Pay Attention to Vulnerable Populations
MobiHealthNews

30 Under 30 Winners, Including Shift Health Founder, Have Big Plans for 2016
BetaKit

Buzzworthy Headlines

Medical Space Race: Inside the Two Moonshots to Cure Cancer
Fast Company

Highlights from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference 2016: Digital Health Shines Through
Drug Discovery & Development

Vinod Khosla Fireside Chat at Startup Health Festival JP Morgan 2016
Health:Further

It’s 9am and Your Heart Rate Is 65 BPM
Financial Times

Brain Training Is Worth Researching
KQED

Lifesaving Flights Can Come With Life-Changing Bills
NPR

Insights

So far, digital health companies have raised $621M in 2016, according to StartUp Health Insights. Here are a few of the most recent deals:

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